Wellington & Wellywood
From Martinborough we had only one more stop in the North Island: Wellington. We'd both heard on good authority that Wellington is the 'best' city in New Zealand, plus had been given some good contacts there, so we were excited to hit urbanisation for a change. View from the top: Mt Victoria Arriving mid morning, our first challenge - or rather Duncan's - was navigating The Beast through city streets, but all those years of driving horse boxes in his youth paid dividends and we arrived with no scrapes. To be able to walk around town, we chose a central car park on the marina, near the ferry terminal and very near the Te Papa museum and trendy Cuba Street area. Hugely expensive, with no facilities, but hey-ho: we were central. We immediately set off on the tourist route; a hike up Mount Victoria, giving us our bearings of the city: a suite of blue water bays, surrounded by the hilly city and its suburbs. And we realised why Wellington is such a great city - i...